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Head on over to Festus Cinema Eight in Festus and escape the world for a little bit with an unforgettable movie experience.
Watch a movie come to life at the highly rated outdoor theater.
Parking is plentiful, so guests can feel free to bring their vehicles.

Check out the amazing films offered by Arnold 14 Cine in Arnold.
Sure you could eat at home, but you'll want to take advantage of this theater's restaurant for high-class food.
Go ahead and bring your rug rats with you — this theater has kid-friendly policy.
Breathe fresh air as you take advantage of the open-air screenings of your favorite movies at Arnold 14 Cine.
Parking is plentiful, so patrons can feel free to bring their vehicles.

There's nothing quite like watching a movie in theaters, so make sure to check out Keller Plaza Cinema in Saint Louis.
The doors are open for you at this theater with their people friendly restaurant and great, home-cooked food.
With its kid-friendly vibe, this theater is a great spot for families.
Tired of driving in circles? Head to Keller Plaza Cinema for a bite to eat and find quick parking in the lot next door.

Did you know that, on average, 88% of the seats in a movie theater remain empty during a showing? According to the New York Times, this phenomenon really surprised Sean Wycliffe a few years back when he went to see the Oscar-winning film The King's Speech and shared the theater with only two other audience members. With all the focus on online video services, Sean realized movie theaters were being overlooked, and came up with a concept that could help movie houses fill their empty seats.
His brainchild became Dealflicks, a website that offers customers discounted tickets (sometimes with popcorn or soda) for same-day showings. Customers shop a selection of deals, each of which is specific to a particular film, theater, and showtime, and upon purchase, receive an email voucher they present at the theater's ticket counter. Dealflicks is partnered with theaters around the country, particularly independent and neighborhood venues, such as the treehouse of the enterprising kid down the street.

Film lovers will appreciate the super clean facility and wide movie selection at Great Eight Cinema in Union.
Looking for a bite to eat? This theater also has an awesome restaurant.
Youngsters don't need to sit out a trip to this theater — it's super family-friendly and perfect for little customers and their folks.
Breathe fresh air as you take advantage of the open-air screenings of your favorite movies at Great Eight Cinema.
Parking is plentiful, so patrons can feel free to bring their vehicles.

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The Oscars are as much a watershed moment for fashion as they are for film. People will be discussing the gowns and tuxes for weeks to come: What do they say about spring style? What trends have they ushered in and out? Why hasn’t Matthew McConaughey shaved since last year’s Oscars, and why hasn’t that made him less hot?Oscars fashion can be found outside of posed red carpet shots, too. Thanks to celebrities’ Instagrams, anyone can look behind the scenes to see how the stars prefer to primp. Below, we rounded up our favorite shots from Oscar-night Instagram, and the style lessons we learned from them. What’s happening: Singer John Legend and rapper Common are relaxing in an elevator-esque space after wrapping their final “Glory” rehearsal. What it taught us: Sweatshirts can have details as cool as a Lady Gaga gown. We love Common’s accent zippers, and John Legend’s asymmetrical zipper.What’s happening: Country singer Tim McGraw is prepping for the Oscars by putting the man in manicure. (Caption: “The things you do for the #Oscars…”)What it taught us: Manicures are for everyone.What’s happening: Singer Rita Ora is getting ready for her performance while her dog, Cher the Bear, snoozes on her lap.What it taught us: Drugstore makeup was always legit, but now it’s Oscars legit. According to Rita’s caption, she’s prepping with a Rimmel eyeshadow stick.What’s happening: Singer John Legend is back, and he’s turning wife and model Chrissie Tiegen’s belt into … an eye belt. What it taught us: You don’t have to use your accessories for just one purpose! And if an eye-belt is a little too avant-garde for you, start by wearing a scarf as a headband.What’s happening: Sara Keirsten Quin, of pop duo Tegan and Sara, is starting off Oscars day in a Bruce Springsteen shirt. (It says “BRUCE” and then, in smaller letters, “The Boss.”)What it taught us: Never underestimate Bruce Springsteen iconography. Honestly, she could have walked the red carpet in this if she had thrown on Chrissie Tiegen’s belt over it.What’s happening: Idris Elba is getting ready for the Oscars by wrapping his arm all the way around his head.What it taught us: It is possible for a man to pull off a chunky ring. The key? No jewel, just intricate metalwork. It also helps to be Idris Elba.What’s happening: Jennifer Lopez is snapping a selfie with Meryl Streep. (They sat next to each other during the ceremony, and co-starred in this gif.)What it taught us: Meryl Streep is not too old or fancy for selfies. Making fun of selfie-takers for being vain or gluing rhinestones to their selfie sticks—it’s all officially over.Read more about movie-star style:A Brief History of Richard Linklater’s Best-Dressed CharactersStyle Rules Officially Do Not Apply to Tilda Swinton

Christopher Nolan’s science-fiction epic Interstellar was one of the most anticipated movies of 2014, largely in part to its special release on 70mm film. Paramount and Warner Brothers even went out of their way to promote theaters where Interstellar was screening in 70mm—the way Nolan had intended it to be seen. Other high-profile directors have since followed Nolan’s lead. Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice received the 70mm treatment, as will Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited Hateful Eight later this year. But what is 70mm, and why are directors choosing this format over others? More importantly to the viewer, why are these movies worth seeking out in the theater? To answer those questions, we dug into the past and present of 70mm with the help of an expert at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre.What Is 70mm Film?Between Blu-ray and HD, IMAX and 3D, it might seem like 70mm is the newest kid on the block. But people have been shooting in 70mm—a film format with frames that are larger in size and wider in aspect ratio than the standard 35mm film—for almost as long as there have been movies. It wasn’t until television started stealing viewers away from Hollywood in the 1950s and ‘60s that the industry recognized the benefit in bringing 70mm to the mainstream. This is when sweeping epics such as Lawrence of Arabia and big-production musicals such as West Side Story used 70mm film to draw crowds. It might seem that similar factors are behind the mini-resurgence of 70mm. With television and home theater growing more advanced, studios have to find a way to get people out to their local movie theaters. Many audiences have responded positively to 70mm, and these days you can even find updated listings of theaters in the US capable of showing the special format.What Does 70mm Look Like?Douglas McLaren, the projectionist for the Music Box Theatre, knows there’s a lot that makes 70mm worth seeing on the big screen. “From an audience standpoint, it’s a much crisper, brighter, and ideally more uniform and stable image,” he explains. Essentially, the difference between 35mm and 70mm is similar to the difference between DVD and Blu-ray, if switching from DVD to Blu-ray also made your television bigger. The wider, sharper image allows viewers to see, as McLaren puts it, “details in these films that you have just never, ever seen before.” He also points out that most theaters project films at a resolution of about 2,000 pixels, which is comparable to Blu-ray. However, the restoration scan of Lawrence of Arabia was scanned at about [8,000 pixels], “and the negative had even more information than that. There’s just so much more going on in these 70mm prints than even on your Blu-ray.”If It’s So Much Better, Why Aren’t More Films Shot in 70mm?The answer is simple: cost. In its heyday, 70mm didn’t come cheap, and many theaters simply weren’t interested in buying the expensive equipment needed to play the films. “Each reel is about twice as heavy as a normal 35mm reel,” McLaren points out. Interstellar, for example, came on 49 reels and weighed more than 600 pounds in total. Even restoring classic 70mm prints is no easy feat. McLaren recalls hearing that the new print of Lawrence of Arabia cost roughly $71,000 to make just one copy. “So at a $12 ticket,” he explains, “that’s a lot of tickets you’d have to sell, and [by the end] you’re lucky if that print is still in good shape.” Ultimately, it’s worth seeking out the few modern auteurs who are still willing to experiment with 70mm film. As McLaren says, “There’s a reason why there are so many editing-effects plugins to make your video look like film. [Film] is what folks want to see at the end of the day, and 70mm is that writ large.”Where Can I See a 70mm Movie?It takes a little extra work to see a 70mm movie on the big screen, but not as much as you might think. Though your typical multiplex might not be capable of projecting the format, many IMAX theaters are. IMAX Corporation even dissuaded its theaters that were in the midst of switching from film to digital projection to hold onto their old equipment in anticipation of Interstellar. Some indie theaters also make the effort to provide classic 70mm content all year long. These include Austin’s Alamo Drafthouse, Seattle’s Cinerama, and Portland’s Hollywood Theatre, in addition to Chicago’s Music Box Theatre. Other cinemas might also try to break into the game if the buzz gets any hotter—Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX, for example, rented 70mm equipment just for Interstellar’s premiere. Ultimately, theaters know these films are worth the effort. It’s just a matter of whether the audience will agree.Photos: Andrew Nawrocki, Groupon

Between sharing a romantic dinner and drifting off to sleep in your separate twin beds, there’s a lot of time to kill on your next date night. Just enough time, in fact, to settle in with a romantic movie. Below, we’ve selected 12 of offbeat options that explore love in all of its many guises.Adam's Rib (1949)Why We Love It: Amid pratfalls, courtroom histrionics, and a literal smoking gun or two, Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy's pair of married lawyers are the most realistic and relatable onscreen couple I've ever seen. – Amelia BuzzellRoman Holiday (1953)Why We Love It: This is really two love stories. In one, a runaway princess (Audrey Hepburn) falls in love with a reporter (Gregory Peck) looking for a scoop. In the other, the princess becomes smitten with Rome itself. – Sarah HathewayAll That Heaven Allows (1955)Why We Love It: Bursting with color and full of over-the-top emotion, Sirk's strangely progressive story about a May-December romance made me sob no less than three times the first time I saw it. – Sarah GorrThe Fly (1986)Why We Love It: Like Jeff Goldblum’s character, the romance in this film transforms from cheesy to grotesque, but it never loses its poignancy. Horror movies seldom take the time to dabble in realistic love, but The Fly is all the more tragic because it does. – Mel KasselDie Hard (1988)Why We Love It: Fresh off Moonlighting, Bruce Willis sparkles like the broken glass he walks on. Die Hard might be synonymous with Christmas, but really, what's more romantic than trying to win back the love of your life by defeating the terrorists holding her hostage? – Kelly MacDowellTrue Romance (1993)Why We Love It: Love conquers everything in this story involving Elvis, kung-fu movies, apple pie, and a drug deal gone bad. – Aimee Alker
What Happened Was… (1994)Why We Love It: Starting out with awkward small talk before gradually descending into a dark exploration of human loneliness, What Happened Was… is a film about a first date so terrible, it’ll actually make you feel good about your own disappointing love life. – Andrew NawrockiGhost World (2001)Why We Love It: The love/lust story between Enid and Seymour makes me ache. It's bungling, it's awkward, it's ultimately left unsettled. It shows that you can conjure a lifetime of romance and heartbreak in the most unlikely places. – Lisa FarverA Walk to Remember (2002)Why We Love It: This was the first romantic drama I ever saw, and so I believed that it invented romance. Technically speaking, it didn't, but it's legitimately good. Shane West is excellent at slow-burn crying and the soundtrack features a bells-heavy cover of "Dancin' in the Moonlight.” – Mae Rice
The Cooler (2003)Why We Love It: Plenty of movies marry romance with brutal gangster violence, but The Cooler often gets swept under the rug. It's a shame, too, because the relationship between unlucky Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) and Vegas waitress Natalie Belasario (Maria Bello) is dynamic to its core, filled with deceit and genuine passion. – Dan CaffreyLet the Right One In (2008)Why We Love It: This violent Swedish horror flick about a teenage vampire is probably the best youthful love story I've ever seen. – Randall ColburnEdge of Tomorrow (2014)Why We Love It: Sure, it’s essentially Groundhog Day with robots, but this sci-fi dramedy is no copycat. Sparks fly between Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, and their rinse-wash-repeat romance is an even bigger draw than the aliens. Which is saying something, because the aliens are pretty sweet. – Collin BrennanPhoto: Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck on Vespa in Roman Holiday trailer, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.